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MICK FOLEY
Mick Foley was born on
6/7/65 in Long Island, NY. As a teenager, he
made a tape of himself as a wrestler named Dude
Love and filmed himself jumping off a house onto
his opponent. He was trained by Dominic DeNucci
and made his debt in 1986. No longer an active
wrestler, he keeps himself occupied by writing
and has two New York Times best sellers on his
resume.
The beginning:
One of his first matches was a televised WWF
squash match against The British Bulldogs. He
gained notoriety in the Texas based USWA as
Cactus Jack Manson before joining WCW. His first
WCW tenure highlight was a PPV title shot
against Sting at Beach Blast 92.
King of the Deathmatch:
Cactus Jack spent a portion of the early
90's in Japan. It was in Japan where he won a
King of the Deathmatch tournament in matches
featuring barbed wire, a bed of nails, exploding
barbed wire, and a ring set to detonate with C4
explosives. While in Japan, he got his arm badly
scarred by Leatherface.
WCW part 2:
Cactus returned to WCW and found himself in
a feud with Vader. This feud featured him get a
concussion and lose his ear in a freak accident.
While in WCW he also appeared in ECW. When he
left WCW he joined ECW. His anti-hardcore ECW
promos are considered the best promos in the
history of the business. While in ECW his two
most famous incidents involved accidentally
setting a fan on fire and having hundreds of
chairs thrown in the ring by the fans.
The Three Faces of
Foley:
Foley joined the WWF in 1996 and was renamed
Mankind. He immediately started a feud with The
Undertaker. In 1997, they showed his teenage
Dude Love footage and he started to wrestle as
Dude Love. Later in the year, during a feud with
Triple H, he became Cactus Jack again. At the
1998 King of the Ring, he fought The Undertaker
in a Hell in the Cell match featuring 2 of the
most famous bumps ever.
The Champ:
On the 12/29/98 edition of RAW!, Mankind won
his first world title. He would trade the title
with The Rock several times. In the last half of
99, he formed The Rock & Sock connection with
The Rock. He also released Have a Nice Day which
was a NY Times #1 best seller. In 2000, he
stopped being an active competitor.
The many returns:
While Foley stopped competing full time, he
was never gone for long. For a brief period, he
was commissioner of the WWF. He comes back to
the ring at around the time he has a new book to
promote. Even though no longer active full time,
his occasional matches are just as barbaric as
when he was wrestling full time.
WCW, ECW, & WWF Title
History:
WCW
5/22/94 Slamboree – with Kevin Sullivan beat The
Nasty Boys
ECW
Tag Team Title
8/27/94 – with Mikey Whipwreck beat The Public
Enemy
12/29/95 – Mikey Whipwreck beat 2 Cold Scorpio
to win the title
WWF
Hardcore Title
11/2/98 – awarded the new title from Vince
McMahon due to his loyalty to Vince
(Sources: PWI Almanac,
Obsessed with Wrestling, & Have a Nice Day by
Mick Foley)
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